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Has anyone else noticed that the Delhi logo is not seen at the venues?

I noticed that. I hardly recall any advertising at the Melbourne games. It was almost all Games branding...and even when it was official partners or advertisers, it was in keeping with the rest of the branding.

With Dehli it seems to be Honda, Honda, Honda, Small non-descript Games logo, Honda.

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"We are working on the children from schools, already steps have been taken in that direction," said Delhi organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, who was booed by the crowd at Sunday's opening ceremony.

"And also from the low level of society, we have been distributing a lot of tickets," he said, in the organisers' first news conference since the Games opened.

Mr Kalmadi said booths had been opened at every venue to make it easier to purchase tickets.

"There were problems, some of the ticket stalls were not put up, but all the stalls are up now at all the stadiums," he said.

Mr Kalmadi made an embarrassing slip-up when he said that "Prince Diana" had attended Sunday's opening ceremony, the Associated Press news agency reports.

He quickly corrected himself and identified Prince Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, as the attendees.

Lady Diana died in a car crash in 1997. She was the ex-wife of Charles, who is heir to the UK's throne and who represented Queen Elizabeth II at the opening of the Games.

Pertaining to the "cattle case", I am particularly curious over the comment

How many opening ceremonies are the athletes going to attend in India, and how in the world could the obviously inept organisers for this games reflect anything on the OCs of future games?

They are worried that athletes would be subject to the same conditions at future opening ceremonies. I personally wouldn't be worried as it is clear the Delhi organizers are idiots and that future organizers will be more sympathetic to the needs of athletes.

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The Commonwealth Games stadium in Delhi is facing a crucial 24 hours as workers battle to ensure it is ready for the athletics which starts on Wednesday.

Tarmac is still being laid on the damaged track, while half of the in-field is still without grass.

BBC Sport's Jonathan Edwards said: "This is a culture where things are got ready at the last minute but there are very real concerns.

"I've seen a number of athletes come in and I think they're in shock."

Athletics action is due to kick off on Wednesday at 1300 BST and Edwards, part of the BBC Sport team covering the event, was inside the stadium on Tuesday to witness tarmac still being laid and being painted at the start of the 1500m.

The former Olympic triple jump champion told BBC Sport's athletics reporter Phil Jones: "There is a feeling that there are a lot of people working here but no real sense of urgency. They're relaying part of the track which I think was damaged during the opening ceremony.

"For a top athlete coming into a stadium this is not what you expect. It's beyond anything I imagined. Hopefully it will be ready to go on Wednesday for the first session."

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Moths my arse...unless these were the lepidoterist's most sought for winged insect find, the famous "Roof Debris Moth" that comes with no wings, no legs, no insectoid parts but clearly resembles ceiling debris.

Saw footage of the cleaning on Australian TV last night and unlike the entire air force of Bogongs that descended upon Homebush in 2000 it was clear as buggery that what was in the Delhi pool were not moths.

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I was trying to watch the events in Youtube, but the Delhi 2010 channel haven't uploaded avy competition video after the Opening Ceremony

I guess they probably don't have the rights as individual broadcasters are responsible in each country.

Ok, someone needs to explain to me the anatomy of a track.

I see in Delhi that the track was in place before hand and it was covered up for the ceremony.

In Atlanta it also seemed to be hiding under a blue tarp or something and revealed for the parade.

But in Athens and Beijing it was no where to be seen and they had huge holes in the ground for elaborate sets, so I am guessing it wasn't underneath.

Did they have to lay asphalt on top of that and spray it to make the lines?

Or does the track come in some sort of tile form that is reassembled?

I've always assumed the track is just underneath, though I suspect over the years the ceremony floor has changed from being a fairly simple protective cloth to probably some sort of platform to enable things to be raised etc. from the ground.

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I heard that Rebecca Adlington and other female members of the English swim team have some tummy trouble, they report not being able to eat and going to the lo very frequently, now the report of the Falklands Islands athlete. Is this the start of an outbreak? The athletes village would be the perfect place for such bacteria to grow